John T. Gregg is a partner in the Chicago and Grand Rapids, Michigan offices of Barnes & Thornburg LLP. Mr. Gregg focuses on corporate restructuring, bankruptcy, and insolvency law.
He has experience representing debtors, lenders, committees, trustees, asset purchasers, lessors, and other parties in interest in some of the country's largest and most complex restructuring matters.
Mr. Gregg serves as the co-chairperson of the Bankruptcy Committee for the Real Property Law Section of the Michigan State Bar and is also a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute's Central States Advisory Board.
Mr. Gregg is a frequent writer and speaker on bankruptcy issues. He has written and co-edited numerous articles and other publications, including Issues for Suppliers and Customers of Financially Troubled Auto Suppliers, published by the American Bankruptcy Institute, Michigan Security Interests in Personal Property, published by the Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Handling Consumer and Small Business Bankruptcies in Michigan, published by the Institute for Continuing Legal Education, and Collier Guide to Chapter 11, published by LexisNexis.
Mr. Gregg was selected for inclusion as a Super Lawyers - Rising Star in the State of Michigan and is listed in Best Lawyers in America.
Publications
3/19/2012, Barnes & Thornburg LLP's Construction Law Update - March 2012
6/1/2011, ABI Journal - Eligibility of Municipalities for Relief Under 11 U.S.C. 109(c)(5)
10/01/2010, Institute for Continuing Legal Education - Michigan Security Interests in Personal Property
10/02/2009, Law360 - Post-Petition Application of UCC 2-609
07/01/2009, ABI Journal - An Introduction to Tooling Liens in the Automotive Industry (Part II)
06/01/2009, ABI Journal - An Introduction to Tooling Liens in the Automotive Industry (Part I)
03/05/2009, ICLE - Handling Consumer and Small Business Bankruptcies in Michigan
01/01/2009, Business Credit - January 2009
09/01/2008, Norton Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law - 2008
06/01/2008, ABI Journal - June 2008
01/01/2008, Pratt's Journal of Bankruptcy Law - "Automotive Bankruptcy Update"
11/01/2007, ABI Journal - "Preference Litigation Run Amok"
10/31/2007, Auto Supplier Newsletter, Vol. 2, Issue 4 - October 2007
10/01/2007, Norton Annual Survey of Bankruptcy Law - 2007
10/01/2007, The Banking Law Journal
09/01/2007, ABI Journal - September 2007
06/15/2007, Dredging the Safe Harbor
01/01/2007, A Federally Created Cloud
01/01/2007, Breaking the Mold
01/01/2007, John Gregg is a Contributing Editor of the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal
01/01/2007, John Gregg is Lead Editor of the American Bankruptcy Institute Sixth Circuit Update
10/15/2006, Auto Supplier Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 5
10/01/2006, Pratt's Journal of Bankruptcy Law - "Bankruptcy Briefs"
09/18/2006, Auto Supplier Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 4
09/18/2006, The Doctrine of In Pari Delicto: Recent Developments
08/03/2006, Auto Supplier Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 3
06/23/2006, Auto Supplier Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 2
03/01/2006, John Gregg Writes Article on Recent Development with Section 550 of the Bankruptcy Code
01/01/2006, Auto Supplier Insolvencies & Bankruptcies
11/11/2005, What Congress Hath Wrought
10/25/2005, The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005
06/15/2005, The Impact of Implicit Valuation on Chapter 7 Trustees
05/15/2005, The Impact of Implicit Valuation
01/01/2005, John Gregg is a Contributing Editor of the American Bankruptcy Institute Sixth Circuit Update
01/01/2005, Peas, Carrots, Avoidance, and Recovery
05/05/2004, Preference Actions, Fools & Their Money, Parts II
04/08/2004, Preference Actions, Fools & Their Money, Parts I
03/15/2003, Protecting Residents of Continuing Care Retirement Communities
01/01/2002, John Gregg is a Contributor to Wiley Bankruptcy Law Update
Events
12/3/2011, "Property of the Estate in the Digital Age: Selected Asset Sales Issues"
11/15/2011, "Workout Negotiations and Forbearance Agreements"
04/10/2010, Attorney Presentation - Trustees Under Fire: Due Process Issues
03/10/2010, Will we ever hit bottom? Commercial Real Estate Lending, Workout and Disposition Strategies in 2010
10/08/2009, Attorney Presentation - "Tooling in Troubled Times"
07/24/2009, Attorney Presentation - "Automotive Supplier Issues"
02/05/2009, Gathering Clouds or Raging Storm? (Grand Rapids)
11/18/2008, Attorney Presentation - Recent Developments Relating to 11 U.S.C. 503(b)(9) and Reclamation
06/19/2008, John Gregg Participates in State Bar of Michigan, Real Property Law Section Seminar
06/13/2008, John Gregg Joins Panel to Discuss Second Tier Liens, Intercreditor Agreements, and Credit Bidding
04/03/2008, John Gregg Joins Panel at the ABI Annual Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C.
07/27/2007, John Gregg Participates on Bankruptcy Panel
06/02/2007, Distressed Mergers & Acquisitions: Asset Acquisitions in Bankruptcy
06/02/2007, John Gregg Presented "Distressed Mergers & Acquisitions: Acquisitions in Bankruptcy"
11/17/2006, Group of Attorneys Present at National Japanese Organization
10/25/2006, John Gregg Presented "Bankruptcy Issues Relative to Auto Industry"
06/15/2006, Changes in Bankruptcy Code as a Result of Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act
06/14/2006, John Gregg Presented "Effective Committee Representation"
01/14/2006, John Gregg Presented "Overview of Chapter 11"
(Also at Grand Rapids, Michigan Office)